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AmyT on
April 15, 2010
Robert Oringer is currently Co-Chairman and Board Director of AMG Medical Inc. in Canada, which distributes professional and home healthcare products. But he’s also the man who pioneered private-label diabetes products in the US, including syringes, glucose products, and testing supplies.
One might call Robert a serial diabetes entrepreneur — and at least as importantly, father of two teenage boys with type 1 diabetes. We catch up with him today in his role as a…
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AmyT on
December 2, 2009
I was chatting with diabetes investor / expert / friend Robert Oringer the other day, who has two teenage sons with Type 1 diabetes. “I’m obsessed with finding ways to prevent severe hypoglycemia,” he pronounced. I guess I knew this about him, but it reminded me of just how complex and scary blood sugar lows can be. Which led me back to this post, which, three years later, still rings true:
Hypo School
I have…
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AmyT on
April 20, 2009
Welcome to the fourth in our series of interviews with the judges of this year’s DiabetesMine Design Challenge (with a $10,000 prize; submissions accepted until May 1, 2009).
You may not know his name off-hand, but Robert Oringer is a highly influential entrepreneur and angel investor in the diabetes industry. He pioneered private-label diabetes products such as lancets and glucose tablets long before these things were available off-the-shelf in every local drugstore. Robert also has…
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